This comprehensive and up-to-date textbook gives a clear account of the different philosophical and theoretical approaches to psychology and discusses major philosophical questions such as free will and the relation between mind and body.
Elizabeth R. Valentine is Lecturer in Psychology at the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London.
Innehållsförteckning
Chapter 1 Psychology as Science; Chapter 2 Determinism and Free Will; Chapter 3 The Mind–Body Problem; Chapter 4 Consciousness; Chapter 5 Introductionspection; Chapter 6 Sources of Artefact; Chapter 7 Determinants of Scientific Advance; Chapter 8 Theories and Explanations; Chapter 9 The Problem of the Organism; Chapter 10 Models and Computer Simulation; Chapter 11 The Relation of Physiology to Psychology; Chapter 12 Teleological Explanation; Chapter 13 Alternative Perspectives; Chapter 14 Idiographic Psychology;
